Before posting on the SBC please remember that all of BBC Community Guidelines apply. Please visit the "help" option at the top right corner of this page to view the Community Guidelines as well as the Terms of Use and Do's and Dont's for users.

Helpful Links:
http://www.babycenter.com/community-help-guidelines

http://www.babycenter.com/help-aboutus-terms-1

Helpful Features:

Ignore User:

On every post towards the bottom where you comment on the right hand side is the Ignore User feature. Please use this feature.

**Remember it is against guidelines to announce to the Community who is on your Ignore User list.**

Report This:

The Report This feature can be used when a thread or poster is violating guidelines.

Please refer to the Welcome Message from the September 2011 GO's, and BBC Guidelines on what a violation is.

Search function:

There is a search box to the far right. The Search Function will list threads that may come in handy in finding an answer to your question before needing to post and ask. Many of the common questions/topics have been covered many times over.

BBC Guidelines:

You'll find more in depth info regarding each of these guidelines by visiting the "help" section, but please remember these rules will be enforced;

1. Personal attacks are unacceptable.
2. Hate-speech is not permitted.
3. Do not deliberately disrupt the community.
4. Bullying or harassment will not be tolerated.
5. Illegal activity is not allowed on the site.
6. No XXX. (our interpretation is this refers to photos/links to adult sites)
7. Don't solicit or reveal personal information or private content / yours or theirs.
8. No soliciting or SPAM.

If you have questions about what constitues a violation of any one of these guidelines please ask a GO and we'll be glad to explain them to you. If you feel that any of the guidelines are being violated please utilize the "report this" fuction on either the thread itself or individual comments within a thread.

Birth Announcement Thread:

For Birth Announcements Only! Any post's other then Birth Announcements will be deleted without warning.

When posting on a Loss Thread:

Please use the highest level of sensitivity. While most member's want to offer condolences, and support there have been a few that pointed out what the mother could have done wrong or why she is better off. These post's are not helpful and to be honest extremly uncalled for. Any post offering anything other then support on a loss thread will be deleted by the September 2011 GO's.

Snarky/Rude Poster's:

It is not against BBC Guidelines or the September 2011 Birth Club to be rude or snarky in a thread or when responding to a thread. If a poster's comment's are bothering you please use the Ignore User Feature.

Regarding Profanity:

No profanity in thread titles. This is against BBC guidelines so please remember if any profanity is used in a thread title it will be deleted. Now on the topic of profanity, we are a very diverse group of women here and occasionally there is going to be profanity in some of the posts. Please remember, that as long as the profanity is not directly an attack on someone, it will not be removed. If profanity is something you find offensive, it may be best for you to note to refrain from reading that member's posts in the future.

Regarding Spin-Off Threads:

A spin-off thread is defined as a thread that is created specifically to continue drama from a previously closed thread. These will not be allowed. They will be locked and deleted. Copy and Pasting w/in a thread: While there is no specific BBC guideline regarding C&P, it does have the potential for being considered a Disruption of the Community which is a violation.

If you see a violation of guidelines w/in a thread, please use the "report this" function. When you report something the GOs have a record of the violation even if the OP deletes the comment. There is no need to disrupt the community by C&P the violation.

Deleting Threads:

You are not able to delete posts once you create it. Only a GO or a Mod can delete a thread. Threads in this group will only be deleted if they are in violation of the BBC Community Guidelines. If you're going to put it out there, please be prepared to stand by it.

Thread Titles:

If you are posting something that is going to invoke stress in some of our nervous moms or sadness, please consider putting the word, *trigger* or *warning* in the title.

Support only please:

If you're posting something that you know you're not going to be able to handle any comments on the opposite perspective please consider putting 'Support only please' at the top of your post. To others reading a post with that, please be compassionate and follow through on the member's request.

GO posts:

Please remember that your GOs are members of this community also. They will be involved in threads just like you. If a GO must post on a thread in a GO capacity, they will post in red ink so that you will be able to tell when they are posting as a GO vs. a regular member.

CAPS / lack of paragraphs:

Just a suggestion that you will most likely get more responses to your posts if you do not use the CAPS lock or post one huge block of text without paragraphs. Some people find it really hard to read those and will just skip them altogether.

First and foremost we are members of this community. We are here because we want to be around other moms of September 2011 babies. In our roles as GOs we are here to make sure that the guidelines are followed. Please remember that all we can do is delete posts/threads and lock down threads, we cannot delete pictures that a member has posted in their albums. If you find a picture offensive, please contact BBC. We, also, can not remove members from this group. Only Mods can do this.

Thank you all for helping to make the September 2011 Birth Club a place that we can all enjoy!